US7906451B2 - Mixed polymerization catalyst component for polymerizing olefins - Google Patents

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US7906451B2
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  • Polymers with varied and useful properties may be produced in processes using at least two polymerization catalysts, at least one of which is a selected iron or cobalt catalyst, for the synthesis of polyolefins.
  • Polyolefins are most often prepared by polymerization processes in which a transition metal containing catalyst system is used. Depending on the process conditions used and the catalyst system chosen, polymers, even those made from the same monomer(s) may have varying properties. Some of the properties which may change are molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, crystallinity, melting point, branching, and glass transition temperature. Except for molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, branching can affect all the other properties mentioned.
  • transition metal containing polymerization catalysts containing iron or cobalt are especially useful in polymerizing ethylene and propylene, see for instance U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S Pat. No. 5,955,555), and Ser. No. 09/006031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482) (“equivalents” of World Patent Applications 98/27124 and 98/30612). It is also known that blends of distinct polymers, that vary for instance in molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, crystallinity, and/or branching, may have advantageous properties compared to “single” polymers.
  • polymers with broad or bimodal molecular weight distributions may often be melt processed (be shaped) more easily than narrower molecular weight distribution polymers.
  • thermoplastics such as crystalline polymers may often be toughened by blending with elastomeric polymers.
  • This invention concerns a process for the polymerization of olefins, comprising, contacting under polymerizing conditions.
  • a first active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which is a Fe or Co complex of a ligand of the formula:
  • This invention also concerns a process for the polymerization of olefins, comprising, contacting under polymerizing conditions:
  • a first active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which is a Fe or Co complex of a ligand of the formula:
  • This invention also concerns a polymerization catalyst component, comprising:
  • a first active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which is a Fe or Co complex of a ligand of the formula:
  • Also described herein is a polyolefin containing at least 2 ethyl branches, at least 2 hexyl or longer branches and at least one butyl branch per 1000 methylene groups, and provided that said polyolefin has fewer than 5 methyl branches per 1000 methylene groups.
  • This invention also includes a polyolefin, containing about 20 to about 150 branches of the formula —(CH 2 CH 2 ) n H wherein n is an integer of 1 to 100, provided that said polyolefin has less than about 20 methyl branches per 1000 methylene groups.
  • hydrocarbyl is meant a univalent radical containing only carbon and hydrogen.
  • substituted hydrocarbyl herein is meant a hydrocarbyl group which contains one or more (types of) substitutents that does not interfere with the operation of the polymerization catalyst system.
  • Suitable substituents in some polymerizations may include some or all of halo, ester, keto (oxo), amino, imino, carboxyl, phosphite, phosphonite, phosphine, phosphinite, thioether, amide, nitrile, and ether.
  • Preferred substituents are halo, ester, amino, imino, carboxyl, phosphite, phosphonite, phosphine, phosphinite, thioether, and amide.
  • Which substitutents are useful in which polymerizations may in some cases be determined by reference to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,555), and Ser. No. 09/006,031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482) (and their corresponding World Patent Applications), both of which are hereby included by reference.
  • an aryl moiety is meant a univalent group whose free valence is to a carbon atom of an aromatic ring.
  • the aryl moiety may contain one or more aromatic ring and may be substituted by inert groups.
  • phenyl is meant the C 6 H 5 — radical, and a phenyl moiety or substituted phenyl is a radical in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms is replaced by a substituent group (which may include hydrocarbyl).
  • substituents for substituted phenyl include those listed above for substituted hydrocarbyl, plus hydrocarbyl. If not otherwise stated, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl and all other groups containing carbon atoms, such as alkyl, preferably contain 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • a polymerization catalyst activator is meant a compound that reacts with a transition metal compound to form an active polymerization catalyst.
  • a preferred polymerization catalyst activator is an alkylaluminum compound, that is a compound which has one or more alkyl groups bound to an aluminum atom.
  • a polymerization catalyst component is meant a composition that by itself, or after reaction with one or more other compounds (optionally in the presence of the olefins to be polymerized), catalyzes the polymerization of olefins.
  • Noncoordinating ions are mentioned and useful herein. Such anions are well known to the artisan, see for instance W. Beck., et al., Chem. Rev., vol. 88, p. 1405-1421 (1988), and S. H. Strauss, Chem. Rev., vol. 93, p. 927-942 (1903), both of which are hereby included by reference. Relative coordinating abilities of such noncoordinating anions are described in these references, Beck at p, 1411, and Strauss at p. 932, Table III.
  • Useful noncoordinating anions include SbF 6 ⁇ , BAF, PF 6 ⁇ , or BF 4 ⁇ , wherein BAF is tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate.
  • a neutral Lewis acid or a cationic Lewis or Bronsted acid whose counterion is a weakly coordinating anion is also present as part of the catalyst system.
  • a “neutral Lewis acid” is meant a compound which is a Lewis acid capable of abstracting X from (II) to form a weakly coordination anion.
  • M is Co or Fe
  • each X is independently and anion and each X is such that the total negative charges on X equal the oxidation state of M.
  • the neutral Lewis acid is originally uncharged (i.e., not ionic). Suitable neutral Lewis acids include SbF 5 , Ar 3 B (wherein Ar is aryl), and BF 3 .
  • a cationic Lewis acid is meant a cation with a positive charge such as Ag + , H + , and Na + .
  • the neutral Lewis acid or a cationic Lewis or Bronsted acid also alkylates or adds a hydride to the metal, i.e., causes an alkyl group or hydride to become bonded to the metal atom, or a separate compound is added to add the alkyl or hydride group.
  • a preferred neutral Lewis acid which can alkylate the metal, is a selected alkyl aluminum compound, such as R 9 3 Al, R 9 2 AlCl, R 9 AlCl 2 , and “R 9 AlO” (alkylaluminoxanes), wherein R 9 is alkyl containing 1 to 25 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
  • Suitable alkyl aluminum compounds include methylaluminoxane (which is an oligomer with the general formula [MeAlO] n ), (C 2 H 5 ) 2 AlCl C 2 H 5 AlCl 2 , and [(CH 3 ) 2 CHCH 2] 3 Al.
  • Metal hydrides such as NaBH 4 may be used to bond hydride groups to the metal M.
  • olefins may be polymerized by contacting, at a temperature of about ⁇ 100° C. to about +200° C. a first compound W, which is a neutral Lewis acid capable of abstracting X ⁇ to form WX ⁇ , provided that the anion formed is a weakly coordinating anion; or a cationic Lewis or Bronsted acid whose counterion is a weakly coordinating anion.
  • W a neutral Lewis acid capable of abstracting X ⁇ to form WX ⁇
  • the anion formed is a weakly coordinating anion
  • a cationic Lewis or Bronsted acid whose counterion is a weakly coordinating anion.
  • first and second olefins are identical, and preferred olefins in such a process are the same as described immediately above.
  • the first and/or second olefins may also be a single olefin or a mixture of olefins to make a copolymer. Again it is preferred that they be identical, particularly in a process in which polymerization by the first and second polymerization catalysts make polymer simultaneously.
  • the first active polymerization catalyst may polymerize a monomer that may not be polymerized by said second active polymerization catalyst, and/or vice versa. In that instance two chemically distinct polymers may be produced. In another scenario two monomers would be present, with one polymerization catalyst producing a copolymer, and the other polymerization catalyst producing a homopolymer, or two copolymers may be produced which vary in the molar proportion or repeat units from the various monomers. Other analogous combinations will be evident to the artisan.
  • one of the polymerization catalysts makes an oligomer of an olefin, preferably ethylene, which oligomer has the formula R 60 CH ⁇ CH 2 , wherein R 60 is n-alkyl, preferably with an even number of carbon atoms.
  • the other polymerization catalyst in the process (co)polymerizes this olefin, either by itself or preferably with at least one other olefin, preferably ethylene, to form a branched polyolefin.
  • Preparation of the oligomer (which is sometimes called an ⁇ -olefin) by a first active polymerization-type of catalyst can be found in U.S.
  • the second active polymerization catalyst is a catalyst which is capable of copolymerizing ethylene and olefins of the formula R 60 CH ⁇ CH 2 , such as a Ziegler-Natta-type or metallocene-type catalyst.
  • Other types of such catalysts include transition metal complexes of amidimidates and certain iron or cobalt complexes of (I).
  • the amount of branching due to incorporation of the olefin R 60 CH ⁇ CH 2 in the polymer can be controlled by the ratio of ⁇ -olefin forming polymerization catalyst to higher polymer forming olefin polymerization catalyst.
  • the homopolyethylenes that are made may range from polymers with little branching to polymers which contain many branches, that is from highly crystalline to amorphous homopolyethylenes.
  • the process is carried out in the gas phase. It is believed that in many cases in gas phase polymerization when both catalysts are present in the same particle on which polymerization is taking place (for example originally a supported catalyst), the ⁇ -olefin is especially efficiently used (polymerized into the resulting polymer).
  • the process may be carried out in liquid slurry or solution.
  • homopolyethylene in this instance is meant a polymer produced in a polymerization in which ethylene is the only polymerizable olefin added to the polymerization process in a single step, reactor, or by simultaneous reactions.
  • the polymer produced is not made by the direct polymerization of ethylene alone, but by the copolymerization of ethylene and ⁇ -olefins which are produced in situ.
  • the polymer produced usually contains only branches of the formula (excluding end groups) —(CH 2 CH 2 ) n H wherein n is 1 or more, preferably 1 to 100, more preferably 1 to 30, of these branches per 1000 methylene atoms. Normally there will be branches with a range of “n” in the polymer.
  • the amount of these branches (as measured by total methyl groups) in the polymer preferably ranges from about 2 to about 200, especially preferably about 5 to about 175, more preferably about 10 to about 150, and especially preferably about 20 to about 150 branches per 1000 methylene groups in the polymer (for the method of measurement and calculation, see World Patent Application 96/23010).
  • branches are about 50 to about 200 methyl groups per 1000 methylene carbon atoms. It is also preferable (either alone or in combination with the other preferable features above) that in these branched polymers there is at least 2 branches each of ethyl and n-hexyl or longer and at least one n-butyl per 1000 methylene groups, more preferably at least 4 branches each of ethyl and n-hexyl or longer and at least 2 n-butyl branches per 1000 methylene groups, and especially preferably at least-10 branches each of ethyl and n-hexyl or longer and at least 5 n-butyl branches per 1000 methylene groups.
  • ethyl branches there are more ethyl branches than butyl branches in this homopolyethylene.
  • a single high molecular weight polymer that is a polymer which has an average degree of polymerization of at least 50, more preferably at least 200, and especially preferably at least 400.
  • the synthesis of the branched homopolyethylene is believed to be successful in part because the catalyst which produces the ⁇ -olefin often does so at a rate comparable with the polymerization rate, both of them, for the sake of low cost, being relatively rapid.
  • the temperature at which the polymerization is carried out is about ⁇ 100° C. to about +200° C., preferably about ⁇ 20° C. to about +80° C.
  • the polymerization pressure which is used with a gaseous olefin is not critical, atmospheric pressure to about 275 MPa, or more, being a suitable range.
  • the monomer may be used neat or diluted with another liquid (solvent) for the monomer.
  • the ratio of W:(I), when W is present, is preferably about 1 or more, more preferably about 10 or more when only W (no other Lewis acid catalyst) is present.
  • R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 and R 17 that are vicinal to one another, taken together may form a ring.
  • the first active polymerization catalyst is described in detail above.
  • the second active polymerization catalyst may also meet the limitations of the first active polymerization catalyst, but must be chemically distinct. For instance, it may have a different transition metal present, and/or utilize a ligand which differs in structure between the first and second active polymerization catalysts. In one preferred process, the ligand type and the metal are the same, but the ligands differ in their substitutents.
  • two active polymerization catalysts include systems in which a single polymerization catalyst is added together with another ligand, preferably the same type of ligand, which can displace the original ligand coordinated to the metal of the original active polymerization catalyst, to produce in situ two different polymerization catalysts.
  • catalysts may also be used for the second active polymerization catalyst.
  • so-called Ziegler-Natta and/or metallocene-type catalysts may also be used.
  • These types of catalysts are well known in the polyolefin field, see for instance Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., vol. 34, p. 114-1170 (1995), European Patent Application 416,815 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,198,401 for information about metallocene-type catalysts, and J. Boor Jr., Ziegler-Natta Catalysts and Polymerizations, Academic Press, New York, 1979 for information about Ziegler-Natta-type catalysts, all of which are hereby included by reference.
  • Suitable late metal transition catalysts will be found in World Patent Applications 96/23010 and 97/02298, both of which are hereby included by reference. Many of the useful polymerization conditions for these types of catalyst and the first active polymerization catalysts coincide, so conditions for the polymerizations with first and second active polymerization catalysts are easily accessible. Oftentimes the “co-catalyst” or “activator” is needed for metallocene of Ziegler-Natta-type polymerizations, much as W is sometimes needed for polymerizations using the first active polymerization catalysts. In many instances the same compound, such as an alkylaluminum compound, may be used for these purposes for both types of polymerization catalysts.
  • Suitable catalysts for the second polymerization catalyst also include metallocene-type catalysts, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,324,800 and European Patent Application 129,368; particularly advantageous are bridged bis-indenyl metallocenes, for instance as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,145,819 and European Patent Application 485,823.
  • Another crass of suitable catalysts comprises the well-known constrained geometry catalysts, as described in European Patent Applications 416,815, 420,436, 671,404, and 643,066 and World Patent Application 91/04257.
  • the class of transition metal complexes described in WO 96/13529 can be used.
  • transition metal complexes of bis(carboximidamidatonates) as described in U.S. patent application 08/096668, filed Sep. 1, 1998.
  • All the catalysts herein may be “heterogenized” (to form a polymerization catalyst component, for instance) by coating or otherwise attaching them to solid supports, such as silica or alumina.
  • a polymer may also be used as a support for the polymerization catalyst component.
  • an active catalyst species is formed by reaction with a compound such as an alkylaluminum compound
  • a support on which the alkylaluminum compound is first coated or otherwise attached is contacted with the transition metal compounds (or their precursors) to form a catalyst system in which the active polymerization catalysts are “attached” to the solid support.
  • These supported catalysts may be used in polymerizations in organic liquids.
  • transition metal compounds may also be coated onto a support such as a polyolefin (polyethylene, polypropylene, etch) support, optionally along with other needed catalyst components such as one or more alkylaluminum compounds.
  • the molar ratio of the first active polymerization catalyst to the second active polymerization catalyst used will depend on the ratio of polymer from each catalyst desired, and the relative rate of polymerization of each catalyst under the process conditions. For instance, if one wanted to prepare a “toughened” thermoplastic polyethylene that contained 80% crystalline polyethylene and 20% rubbery polyethylene, and the rates of polymerization of the two catalysts were equal, then one would use a 4:1 molar ratio of the catalyst that gave crystalline polyethylene to the catalyst that gave rubbery polyethylene. More than two active polymerization catalysts may also be used if the desired product is to contain more than two different types of polymer.
  • the polymers made by the first active polymerization catalyst and the second active polymerization catalyst may be made in sequence, i.e, a polymerization with one (either first or second) of the catalysts followed by a polymerization with the other catalyst, as by using two polymerization vessels in series.
  • the polymers produced by this process may vary in molecular weight and/or molecular weight distribution and/or melting point and/or level of crystallinity, and/or glass transition temperature or other factors.
  • the polymers may differ in ratios of comonomers if the different polymerization catalysts polymerize the monomers present at different relative rates.
  • the polymers produced are useful as molding and extrusion resins and in films as for packaging. They may have advantages such as improved melt processing, toughness and improved low temperature properties.
  • transition metal catalysts were either bought, or if a vendor is not listed, were made. Synthesis of nickel containing catalysts will be found in World Patent Application 96/23010, while synthesis of cobalt and iron containing catalysts will be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,555) and Ser. No. 09/006,031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482).
  • PMAO-IP is a form of methylaluminoxane which stays in solution in toluene, and is commercially available.
  • W440 is a Ziegler-Natta type catalyst of unknown structure available from Akzo Chemicals, Inc., 1 Livingston Ave., Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 10522, U.S.A.
  • the catalyst was weighed into a reaction vessel and was dissolved in about 20 mL of distilled toluene. The reaction was sealed and transferred from the drybox to the hood. The reaction was purged with nitrogen, then ethylene. The PMAO-IP (methylaluminoxane solution) was then quickly added to the vessel and the reaction was put under 35 kPa ethylene. The reaction ran at room temperature in a water bath to help dissipate heat from any exotherm. The ethylene was then turned off and the reaction was quenched with about 15 mL of methanol/HCl solution (90/10 volume %) If polymer was present, the reaction was filtered and the polymer was rinsed with methanol, then acetone and dried overnight in the hood. The resulting polymer was collected and weighed.
  • PMAO-IP methylaluminoxane solution
  • catalyst 2 Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
  • catalyst 2 Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
  • catalyst 2 W440, from Akzo Nobel, 2.3 wt. % Ti, 12 mg (0.006 mmol of Ti, based on wt. %)
  • catalyst 2 W440, from Akzo Nobel, 2.3 wt. % Ti, 12 mg (0.006 mmol of Ti, based on wt. %)
  • catalyst 3 Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
  • catalyst 3 Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
  • W440 from Akzo Nobel, 2.3 wt. % Ti, 12 mg (0.006 mmol of Ti, based on wt. %)
  • the catalyst was weighed into a reaction vessel and was dissolved in about 20 mL of distilled toluene. The reaction was sealed and transferred from the drybox to the hood. The reaction was purged with nitrogen, then propylene. The MAO was then quickly added to the vessel and the reaction was put under 35 kPa propylene. Reaction ran at 0° C. in an ice bath. The propylene was then turned off and the reaction was quenched with about 15 mL of methanol/HCl solution (90/10 volume %). If polymer was present, the reaction was filtered and the polymer was rinsed with methanol, then acetone and dried overnight in the hood. The resulting polymer was collected and weighed.
  • catalyst 2 Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
  • catalyst 2 W440, from Akzo Nobel, 2.3 wt. % Ti, 12 mg (0.006 mmol of Ti, based on wt. %)
  • Both the Hoke® cylinder and the flask were brought out of the drybox. Under nitrogen protection, the transition metal compound solution was cannulated to the reactor. The reactor was pressurized with nitrogen and then the nitrogen was released. The reactor was heated to 70° C., then, pressurized 2 ⁇ to 690 kPa ethylene, venting each time and finally pressurized to 970 kPa with stirring. The MAO solution was added from the Hoke® cylinder at slightly higher pressure. The ethylene pressure of the reactor was then adjusted to the desired pressure (Table 1). The reaction mixture was allowed to stir for certain period of time (Table 1). The heating source was removed. Ethylene was vented to about 210 kPa.
  • the reactor was back filled with 1.4 MPa nitrogen and was then vented to 210 kPa. This was repeated once.
  • the reaction mixture was then cooled to RT (room temperature).
  • the reaction mixture was then slowly soured into 400 mL methanol, followed by addition of 6 ml conc. HCl. Upon stirring at RT for 25 min, polymer was filtered, washed with methanol six times and dried in vacuo.
  • transition metal compounds but not A
  • compound A 0.1 wt. % in biphenyl
  • silica supported MAO 18 wt. % in Al, Albermarle
  • branching levels in the polymers Me/1000CCH 2 groups, methyl groups pear 1000 methylene groups in the polymer, are measured by the method described in World Patent Application 96/23010.
  • PE polyethylene
  • TON moles of ethylene polymerized/mole of polymerization catalysts (total of transition metal compounds present)/h
  • Mn number average molecular weight
  • PDI Mw/Mn where Mw is weight average molecular weight
  • P ethylene pressure.
  • the PMAO-IP used was 13.5 wt. % in toluene.
  • the amount of residual ⁇ -olefin in the polymer was estimated by 1 H NMR, by measurement of the vinylic proton signals of the ⁇ -olefin.
  • a 600 mL Parr® reactor was heated up under vacuum and then allowed to cool under nitrogen.
  • a drybox to a 300 mL RB flask was added 150 mL 2,2,4-trimethylpentane.
  • the flask was capped with a rubber septum.
  • the flask was brought out of the drybox.
  • the 2,2,4-trimethylpentane solvent was cannulated into the reactor.
  • the reactor was pressured up with nitrogen and then nitrogen was released. This was repeated one more time.
  • the reactor was heated to 70° C.

Abstract

Catalysts for the polymerization of olefins are provided. The catalysts comprise:
    • (a) a first active polymerization catalyst which is a Fe or Co complex of a ligand of the formula:
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    • wherein:
      • R1, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, or an inert functional group;
      • R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, an inert functional group or substituted hydrocarbyl; and
      • R6 and R7 are aryl or substituted aryl; and
    • (b) a second active polymerization catalyst which contains one or more transition metals; and
    • (c) a catalyst support.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/619,509, filed 19 Jul. 2000, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/273,409, filed 22 Mar. 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,214,761, and which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. Nos. 60/080,018 (filed 30 Mar. 1998) and 60/117,471 (filed 27 Jan. 1999).
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Polymers with varied and useful properties may be produced in processes using at least two polymerization catalysts, at least one of which is a selected iron or cobalt catalyst, for the synthesis of polyolefins.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
Polyolefins are most often prepared by polymerization processes in which a transition metal containing catalyst system is used. Depending on the process conditions used and the catalyst system chosen, polymers, even those made from the same monomer(s) may have varying properties. Some of the properties which may change are molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, crystallinity, melting point, branching, and glass transition temperature. Except for molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, branching can affect all the other properties mentioned.
It is known that certain transition metal containing polymerization catalysts containing iron or cobalt, are especially useful in polymerizing ethylene and propylene, see for instance U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S Pat. No. 5,955,555), and Ser. No. 09/006031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482) (“equivalents” of World Patent Applications 98/27124 and 98/30612). It is also known that blends of distinct polymers, that vary for instance in molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, crystallinity, and/or branching, may have advantageous properties compared to “single” polymers. For instance it is known that polymers with broad or bimodal molecular weight distributions may often be melt processed (be shaped) more easily than narrower molecular weight distribution polymers. Also, thermoplastics such as crystalline polymers may often be toughened by blending with elastomeric polymers.
Therefore, methods of producing polymers which inherently produce polymer blends are useful especially if a later separate (and expensive) polymer mixing step can be avoided. However in such polymerizations one should be aware that two different catalysts may interfere with one another, or interact in such a way as to give a single polymer.
Various reports of “simultaneous” oligomerization and polymerization of ethylene to forms (in most cases) branched polyethylenes have appeared in the literature, see for instance World Patent Application 90/15085, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,753,785, 5,956610, 5,686,542, 5,137,994, and 5,071,927, C. Denger, et al,. Makromol. Chem. Rapid Commun., vol. 12, p. 697-701 (1991), and E. A. Benham, et al., Polymer Engineering and Science, vol. 28, p. 1469-1472 (1988) None of these references specifically describes any of the processes herein or any of the branched homopolyethylenes claimed herein.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention concerns a process for the polymerization of olefins, comprising, contacting under polymerizing conditions.
(a) a first active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which is a Fe or Co complex of a ligand of the formula:
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wherein:
    • R1, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, or an inert functional group;
    • R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, an inert functional group or substituted hydrocarbyl; and
    • R6 R7 are aryl or substituted aryl;
(b) a second active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which contains one or more transition metals;
(c) a least one first olefin capable of being polymerized by said first active polymerization catalyst; and
(d) at least one second olefin capable of being polymerized by said second active polymerization catalyst.
This invention also concerns a process for the polymerization of olefins, comprising, contacting under polymerizing conditions:
(a) a first active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which is a Fe or Co complex of a ligand of the formula:
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wherein:
    • R1, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, or an inert functional group;
    • R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, an inert functional group or substituted hydrocarbyl; and
    • R6 and R7 are aryl or substituted aryl;
(b) a second active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which contains one or more transition metals;
(c) a least one first olefin capable of being polymerized by said first active polymerization catalyst; and
(d) at least one second olefin capable of being polymerized by said second active polymerization catalyst;
and provided that:
    • one or both of said first olefin and said second olefin is ethylene;
    • one of said first polymerization catalysts and said second polymerization catalyst produces an oligomer of the formula R60CH═CH2 from said ethylene, wherein R60 is n-alkyl; and
    • a branched polyolefin is a product of said polymerization process.
This invention also concerns a polymerization catalyst component, comprising:
(a) a first active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which is a Fe or Co complex of a ligand of the formula:
Figure US07906451-20110315-C00004
wherein:
    • R1, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, or an inert functional group;
    • R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, an inert functional group or substituted hydrocarbyl; and
    • R6 and R7 are aryl or substituted aryl;
(b) a second active polymerization catalyst for said olefins which contains one or more transition metals;
(c) a catalyst support; and
(d) optionally one or more polymerization catalyst activators for one or both of (a) and (b).
Also described herein is a polyolefin containing at least 2 ethyl branches, at least 2 hexyl or longer branches and at least one butyl branch per 1000 methylene groups, and provided that said polyolefin has fewer than 5 methyl branches per 1000 methylene groups.
This invention also includes a polyolefin, containing about 20 to about 150 branches of the formula —(CH2CH2)nH wherein n is an integer of 1 to 100, provided that said polyolefin has less than about 20 methyl branches per 1000 methylene groups.
DETAILS OF THE INVENTION
In the polymerization processes and catalyst compositions described herein certain groups may be present. By hydrocarbyl is meant a univalent radical containing only carbon and hydrogen. By substituted hydrocarbyl herein is meant a hydrocarbyl group which contains one or more (types of) substitutents that does not interfere with the operation of the polymerization catalyst system. Suitable substituents in some polymerizations may include some or all of halo, ester, keto (oxo), amino, imino, carboxyl, phosphite, phosphonite, phosphine, phosphinite, thioether, amide, nitrile, and ether. Preferred substituents are halo, ester, amino, imino, carboxyl, phosphite, phosphonite, phosphine, phosphinite, thioether, and amide. Which substitutents are useful in which polymerizations may in some cases be determined by reference to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,555), and Ser. No. 09/006,031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482) (and their corresponding World Patent Applications), both of which are hereby included by reference. By an aryl moiety is meant a univalent group whose free valence is to a carbon atom of an aromatic ring. The aryl moiety may contain one or more aromatic ring and may be substituted by inert groups. By phenyl is meant the C6H5— radical, and a phenyl moiety or substituted phenyl is a radical in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms is replaced by a substituent group (which may include hydrocarbyl). Preferred substituents for substituted phenyl include those listed above for substituted hydrocarbyl, plus hydrocarbyl. If not otherwise stated, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl and all other groups containing carbon atoms, such as alkyl, preferably contain 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
By a polymerization catalyst activator is meant a compound that reacts with a transition metal compound to form an active polymerization catalyst. A preferred polymerization catalyst activator is an alkylaluminum compound, that is a compound which has one or more alkyl groups bound to an aluminum atom.
By a polymerization catalyst component is meant a composition that by itself, or after reaction with one or more other compounds (optionally in the presence of the olefins to be polymerized), catalyzes the polymerization of olefins.
Noncoordinating ions are mentioned and useful herein. Such anions are well known to the artisan, see for instance W. Beck., et al., Chem. Rev., vol. 88, p. 1405-1421 (1988), and S. H. Strauss, Chem. Rev., vol. 93, p. 927-942 (1903), both of which are hereby included by reference. Relative coordinating abilities of such noncoordinating anions are described in these references, Beck at p, 1411, and Strauss at p. 932, Table III. Useful noncoordinating anions include SbF6 , BAF, PF6 , or BF4 , wherein BAF is tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate.
A neutral Lewis acid or a cationic Lewis or Bronsted acid whose counterion is a weakly coordinating anion is also present as part of the catalyst system. By a “neutral Lewis acid” is meant a compound which is a Lewis acid capable of abstracting X from (II) to form a weakly coordination anion.
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In (II), M is Co or Fe, each X is independently and anion and each X is such that the total negative charges on X equal the oxidation state of M. The neutral Lewis acid is originally uncharged (i.e., not ionic). Suitable neutral Lewis acids include SbF5, Ar3B (wherein Ar is aryl), and BF3. By a cationic Lewis acid is meant a cation with a positive charge such as Ag+, H+, and Na+.
In those instances in which (II) does not contain an alkyl or hydride group already bonded to the metal (i.e., X is not alkyl or hydride), the neutral Lewis acid or a cationic Lewis or Bronsted acid also alkylates or adds a hydride to the metal, i.e., causes an alkyl group or hydride to become bonded to the metal atom, or a separate compound is added to add the alkyl or hydride group.
A preferred neutral Lewis acid, which can alkylate the metal, is a selected alkyl aluminum compound, such as R9 3Al, R9 2AlCl, R9AlCl2, and “R9AlO” (alkylaluminoxanes), wherein R9 is alkyl containing 1 to 25 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Suitable alkyl aluminum compounds include methylaluminoxane (which is an oligomer with the general formula [MeAlO]n), (C2H5)2AlCl C2H5AlCl2, and [(CH3)2CHCH2] 3Al. Metal hydrides such as NaBH4 may be used to bond hydride groups to the metal M.
For (I) and (II) preferred formulas and compounds are found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,555), and Ser. No. 09/006,031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482), and preferred groupings and compounds in these applications are also preferred herein. However the compound numbers and group (i.e., Rx) numbers in these applications may vary from those herein, but they are readily convertible. These applications also describe synthesis of (I) and (II).
There are many different ways of preparing active polymerization catalysts from (I) or (II) many of which are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,555), and Ser. No. 09/006,031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482), and those so described are applicable herein. “Pure” compounds which themselves may be active polymerization catalysts may be used, or the active polymerization catalyst may be prepared in situ by a variety of methods.
For instance, olefins may be polymerized by contacting, at a temperature of about −100° C. to about +200° C. a first compound W, which is a neutral Lewis acid capable of abstracting X to form WX, provided that the anion formed is a weakly coordinating anion; or a cationic Lewis or Bronsted acid whose counterion is a weakly coordinating anion.
Which first active polymerization catalysts will polymerize which olefins, and under what conditions, will also be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,555), and Ser. No. 09/006,031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482). Monomers useful herein for the first active polymerization catalyst include ethylene and propylene. A preferred monomer for this catalyst is ethylene.
In one preferred process described herein the first and second olefins are identical, and preferred olefins in such a process are the same as described immediately above. The first and/or second olefins may also be a single olefin or a mixture of olefins to make a copolymer. Again it is preferred that they be identical, particularly in a process in which polymerization by the first and second polymerization catalysts make polymer simultaneously.
In some processes herein the first active polymerization catalyst may polymerize a monomer that may not be polymerized by said second active polymerization catalyst, and/or vice versa. In that instance two chemically distinct polymers may be produced. In another scenario two monomers would be present, with one polymerization catalyst producing a copolymer, and the other polymerization catalyst producing a homopolymer, or two copolymers may be produced which vary in the molar proportion or repeat units from the various monomers. Other analogous combinations will be evident to the artisan.
In another variation of the process described herein one of the polymerization catalysts makes an oligomer of an olefin, preferably ethylene, which oligomer has the formula R60CH═CH2, wherein R60 is n-alkyl, preferably with an even number of carbon atoms. The other polymerization catalyst in the process (co)polymerizes this olefin, either by itself or preferably with at least one other olefin, preferably ethylene, to form a branched polyolefin. Preparation of the oligomer (which is sometimes called an α-olefin) by a first active polymerization-type of catalyst can be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/005,965, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,103,946) (“equivalent” of World Patent Application 99/02472), and B. L. Small, et. al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., vol. 120, p. 7143-7144 (1998), all of which are hereby included by reference. These references describe the use of a limited class of compounds such as (II) to prepare compounds of the formula R60CH═CH2 from ethylene, and so would qualify as a catalyst that produces this olefin. In a preferred version of this process one of these first-type polymerization is used to form the α-olefin, and the second active polymerization catalyst is a catalyst which is capable of copolymerizing ethylene and olefins of the formula R60CH═CH2, such as a Ziegler-Natta-type or metallocene-type catalyst. Other types of such catalysts include transition metal complexes of amidimidates and certain iron or cobalt complexes of (I). The amount of branching due to incorporation of the olefin R60CH═CH2 in the polymer can be controlled by the ratio of α-olefin forming polymerization catalyst to higher polymer forming olefin polymerization catalyst. The higher the proportion of α-olefin forming polymerization catalyst the higher the amount of branching. The homopolyethylenes that are made may range from polymers with little branching to polymers which contain many branches, that is from highly crystalline to amorphous homopolyethylenes. In one preferred form, especially when a crystalline polyethylene is being made, the process is carried out in the gas phase. It is believed that in many cases in gas phase polymerization when both catalysts are present in the same particle on which polymerization is taking place (for example originally a supported catalyst), the α-olefin is especially efficiently used (polymerized into the resulting polymer). When amorphous or only slightly crystalline homopolyethylenes are being made the process may be carried out in liquid slurry or solution.
In the variation of the process described in the immediately preceding paragraph a novel homopolyethylene is produced. By “homopolyethylene” in this instance is meant a polymer produced in a polymerization in which ethylene is the only polymerizable olefin added to the polymerization process in a single step, reactor, or by simultaneous reactions. However it is understood that the polymer produced is not made by the direct polymerization of ethylene alone, but by the copolymerization of ethylene and α-olefins which are produced in situ. The polymer produced usually contains only branches of the formula (excluding end groups) —(CH2CH2)nH wherein n is 1 or more, preferably 1 to 100, more preferably 1 to 30, of these branches per 1000 methylene atoms. Normally there will be branches with a range of “n” in the polymer. The amount of these branches (as measured by total methyl groups) in the polymer preferably ranges from about 2 to about 200, especially preferably about 5 to about 175, more preferably about 10 to about 150, and especially preferably about 20 to about 150 branches per 1000 methylene groups in the polymer (for the method of measurement and calculation, see World Patent Application 96/23010). Another preferable range for these branches is about 50 to about 200 methyl groups per 1000 methylene carbon atoms. It is also preferable (either alone or in combination with the other preferable features above) that in these branched polymers there is at least 2 branches each of ethyl and n-hexyl or longer and at least one n-butyl per 1000 methylene groups, more preferably at least 4 branches each of ethyl and n-hexyl or longer and at least 2 n-butyl branches per 1000 methylene groups, and especially preferably at least-10 branches each of ethyl and n-hexyl or longer and at least 5 n-butyl branches per 1000 methylene groups. It is also preferred that there are more ethyl branches than butyl branches in this homopolyethylene. In another preferred polymer (alone or in combination with any of the above preferred features) there is less than 20 methyl branches, more preferably less than 2 methyl branch, and especially preferably less than 2 methyl branches (all after correction for end groups) per 1000 methylene groups.
In the polymerizations to make the “homopolyethylene” only a single high molecular weight polymer is produced, that is a polymer which has an average degree of polymerization of at least 50, more preferably at least 200, and especially preferably at least 400. The synthesis of the branched homopolyethylene is believed to be successful in part because the catalyst which produces the α-olefin often does so at a rate comparable with the polymerization rate, both of them, for the sake of low cost, being relatively rapid.
Likewise, conditions for such polymerizations, particularly for catalysts of the first active polymerization type, will also be found in all of these patent applications. Briefly, the temperature at which the polymerization is carried out is about −100° C. to about +200° C., preferably about −20° C. to about +80° C. The polymerization pressure which is used with a gaseous olefin is not critical, atmospheric pressure to about 275 MPa, or more, being a suitable range. With a liquid monomer the monomer may be used neat or diluted with another liquid (solvent) for the monomer. The ratio of W:(I), when W is present, is preferably about 1 or more, more preferably about 10 or more when only W (no other Lewis acid catalyst) is present. These polymerizations may be batch, semi-batch or continuous processes, and may be carried out in liquid medium or the gas phase (assuming the monomers have the requisite volatility). These details will also be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,555), and Ser. No. 09/006,031, filed Jan. 12, 1998, and Ser. No. 09/005965, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6150482).
In these polymerization processes preferred groups for R6 is
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and for R7 is
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wherein:
    • R8 and R13 are each independently hyrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl or an inert functional group;
    • R9, R10, R11, R14, R15 and R16 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl or an inert functional group;
    • R12 and R17 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl or an inert functional group;
and provided that any two of R8, R9, R 10, R 11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16 and R17 that are vicinal to one another, taken together may form a ring.
Two chemically different active polymerization catalysts are used in the polymerization described herein. The first active polymerization catalyst is described in detail above. The second active polymerization catalyst may also meet the limitations of the first active polymerization catalyst, but must be chemically distinct. For instance, it may have a different transition metal present, and/or utilize a ligand which differs in structure between the first and second active polymerization catalysts. In one preferred process, the ligand type and the metal are the same, but the ligands differ in their substitutents.
Included within definition of two active polymerization catalysts are systems in which a single polymerization catalyst is added together with another ligand, preferably the same type of ligand, which can displace the original ligand coordinated to the metal of the original active polymerization catalyst, to produce in situ two different polymerization catalysts.
However other types of catalysts may also be used for the second active polymerization catalyst. For instance so-called Ziegler-Natta and/or metallocene-type catalysts may also be used. These types of catalysts are well known in the polyolefin field, see for instance Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., vol. 34, p. 114-1170 (1995), European Patent Application 416,815 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,198,401 for information about metallocene-type catalysts, and J. Boor Jr., Ziegler-Natta Catalysts and Polymerizations, Academic Press, New York, 1979 for information about Ziegler-Natta-type catalysts, all of which are hereby included by reference. Suitable late metal transition catalysts will be found in World Patent Applications 96/23010 and 97/02298, both of which are hereby included by reference. Many of the useful polymerization conditions for these types of catalyst and the first active polymerization catalysts coincide, so conditions for the polymerizations with first and second active polymerization catalysts are easily accessible. Oftentimes the “co-catalyst” or “activator” is needed for metallocene of Ziegler-Natta-type polymerizations, much as W is sometimes needed for polymerizations using the first active polymerization catalysts. In many instances the same compound, such as an alkylaluminum compound, may be used for these purposes for both types of polymerization catalysts.
Suitable catalysts for the second polymerization catalyst also include metallocene-type catalysts, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,324,800 and European Patent Application 129,368; particularly advantageous are bridged bis-indenyl metallocenes, for instance as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,145,819 and European Patent Application 485,823. Another crass of suitable catalysts comprises the well-known constrained geometry catalysts, as described in European Patent Applications 416,815, 420,436, 671,404, and 643,066 and World Patent Application 91/04257. Also the class of transition metal complexes described in WO 96/13529 can be used. Also useful are transition metal complexes of bis(carboximidamidatonates), as described in U.S. patent application 08/096668, filed Sep. 1, 1998.
All the catalysts herein may be “heterogenized” (to form a polymerization catalyst component, for instance) by coating or otherwise attaching them to solid supports, such as silica or alumina. A polymer may also be used as a support for the polymerization catalyst component. Where an active catalyst species is formed by reaction with a compound such as an alkylaluminum compound, a support on which the alkylaluminum compound is first coated or otherwise attached is contacted with the transition metal compounds (or their precursors) to form a catalyst system in which the active polymerization catalysts are “attached” to the solid support. These supported catalysts may be used in polymerizations in organic liquids. They may also be used in so-called gas phase polymerizations in which the olefin(s) being polymerized are added to the polymerization as gases and no liquid supporting phase is present. The transition metal compounds may also be coated onto a support such as a polyolefin (polyethylene, polypropylene, etch) support, optionally along with other needed catalyst components such as one or more alkylaluminum compounds.
The molar ratio of the first active polymerization catalyst to the second active polymerization catalyst used will depend on the ratio of polymer from each catalyst desired, and the relative rate of polymerization of each catalyst under the process conditions. For instance, if one wanted to prepare a “toughened” thermoplastic polyethylene that contained 80% crystalline polyethylene and 20% rubbery polyethylene, and the rates of polymerization of the two catalysts were equal, then one would use a 4:1 molar ratio of the catalyst that gave crystalline polyethylene to the catalyst that gave rubbery polyethylene. More than two active polymerization catalysts may also be used if the desired product is to contain more than two different types of polymer.
The polymers made by the first active polymerization catalyst and the second active polymerization catalyst may be made in sequence, i.e, a polymerization with one (either first or second) of the catalysts followed by a polymerization with the other catalyst, as by using two polymerization vessels in series. However it is preferred to carry out one polymerization using the first and second active polymerization catalysts in the same vessel(s), i.e. simultaneously. This is possible because in most instances the first and second active polymerization catalysts are compatible with each other, and they produce their distinctive polymers in the other catalyst's presence.
The polymers produced by this process may vary in molecular weight and/or molecular weight distribution and/or melting point and/or level of crystallinity, and/or glass transition temperature or other factors. For copolymers the polymers may differ in ratios of comonomers if the different polymerization catalysts polymerize the monomers present at different relative rates. The polymers produced are useful as molding and extrusion resins and in films as for packaging. They may have advantages such as improved melt processing, toughness and improved low temperature properties.
In the Examples, all pressures are gauge pressures.
In the Examples the transition metal catalysts were either bought, or if a vendor is not listed, were made. Synthesis of nickel containing catalysts will be found in World Patent Application 96/23010, while synthesis of cobalt and iron containing catalysts will be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/991,372, filed Dec. 16, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,555) and Ser. No. 09/006,031, filed Jan. 12, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,482).
In the Examples PMAO-IP is a form of methylaluminoxane which stays in solution in toluene, and is commercially available. W440 is a Ziegler-Natta type catalyst of unknown structure available from Akzo Chemicals, Inc., 1 Livingston Ave., Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 10522, U.S.A.
EXAMPLES 1-9 COMPARATIVE EXAMPLES A-E
Ethylene Polymerization General Procedure
The catalyst was weighed into a reaction vessel and was dissolved in about 20 mL of distilled toluene. The reaction was sealed and transferred from the drybox to the hood. The reaction was purged with nitrogen, then ethylene. The PMAO-IP (methylaluminoxane solution) was then quickly added to the vessel and the reaction was put under 35 kPa ethylene. The reaction ran at room temperature in a water bath to help dissipate heat from any exotherm. The ethylene was then turned off and the reaction was quenched with about 15 mL of methanol/HCl solution (90/10 volume %) If polymer was present, the reaction was filtered and the polymer was rinsed with methanol, then acetone and dried overnight in the hood. The resulting polymer was collected and weighed.
Below for each polymerization the catalysts used are listed
EXAMPLE 1
catalyst 1: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
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co-catalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 5.322 g yield
EXAMPLE 2
catalyst : 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 2.282 g yield
EXAMPLE 3
catalyst 1: 3.5 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M, in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 3.651 g yield
EXAMPLE 4
catalyst 1: 3.5 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 :mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 2.890 g yield
EXAMPLE 5
catalyst 1: 3.5 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 3.926 g yield
EXAMPLE 6
catalyst 1: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: W440, from Akzo Nobel, 2.3 wt. % Ti, 12 mg (0.006 mmol of Ti, based on wt. %)
cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 ml of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 2.643 g yield
EXAMPLE 7
catalyst 1: 3.5 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: W440, from Akzo Nobel, 2.3 wt. % Ti, 12 mg (0.006 mmol of Ti, based on wt. %)
cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 2.943 g yield
EXAMPLE 8
catalyst 1: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 3: Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst: PMAO-IP; 3.0 mmol Al; 1.5 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 6.178 g yield
EXAMPLE 9
catalyst 1: 3.5 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 3: Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 3.0 mmol Al; 1.5 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 4.408 g yield
COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE A
catalyst: Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 1.0 mmol Al; 0.5 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 2.936 g yield
COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE B
catalyst: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 1.0 mmol Al; 0.5 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 1.053 g yield
COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE C
catalyst: 4 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 1.0 mmol Al; 0.5 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 2.614 g yield
COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE D
catalyst: 3.5 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 1.0 mmol Al; 0.5 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 2.231 g yield
COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE E
catalyst: W440, from Akzo Nobel, 2.3 wt. % Ti, 12 mg (0.006 mmol of Ti, based on wt. %)
    • cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 1.0 mmol Al; 0.5 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 4 h
polymer: 0.326 g yield
EXAMPLES 10-12
Propylene Polymerization General Procedure
The catalyst was weighed into a reaction vessel and was dissolved in about 20 mL of distilled toluene. The reaction was sealed and transferred from the drybox to the hood. The reaction was purged with nitrogen, then propylene. The MAO was then quickly added to the vessel and the reaction was put under 35 kPa propylene. Reaction ran at 0° C. in an ice bath. The propylene was then turned off and the reaction was quenched with about 15 mL of methanol/HCl solution (90/10 volume %). If polymer was present, the reaction was filtered and the polymer was rinsed with methanol, then acetone and dried overnight in the hood. The resulting polymer was collected and weighed.
EXAMPLE 10
catalyst 1: 3 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: Zirconocene dichloride, from Strem Chemicals, catalog #93-4002, 2 mg (0.006 mmol)
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 5 h
polymer: 0.471 g yield
EXAMPLE 11
catalyst 1: 3 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: 4 mg (0.006 mmol )
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cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 5 h
polymer: 1.191 g yield
EXAMPLE 12
catalyst 1: 3 mg (0.006 mmol)
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catalyst 2: W440, from Akzo Nobel, 2.3 wt. % Ti, 12 mg (0.006 mmol of Ti, based on wt. %)
cocatalyst: PMAO-IP; 2.0 mmol Al; 1.0 mL of 2.0M in toluene
duration: 5 h
polymer: 0.238 g yield
EXAMPLES 13-77 COMPARATIVE EXAMPLES F-N
In these Examples, compounds A-V and 2 were used as the transition metal compounds.
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Figure US07906451-20110315-C00036
Figure US07906451-20110315-C00037
Figure US07906451-20110315-C00038
For preparation of: compound A see B. L. Small, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., vol. 120, p. 7143-7144(1988); compound B see Ewen, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., vol. 110. p. 6255-6256(1988); compound C see European Patent Application 416,815; compound D World patent Application 98/27124; compound E World patent Application 96/23010; compounds G, H, I and R were purchased from Boulder Scientific company; compounds K, P and 2 were bought from Strem Chemicals Inc.; compound Q was obtained from Aldrich Chemical Co.; compounds S, T, U and V were made by procedures described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/096668, filed Sep. 1, 1998; compound F was made by reacting ZrCl4 and the amide lithium salt (see J. Chem. Scc., Dalton Trans. 1934, 657) in ether overnight, and removing the ether and pentane extraction gave F 69% yield; compound J was prepared by modifying the procedure of Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1993, 459, 117-123; compounds L and M were prepared by following the preparation in Macromolecules, 1995, 28, 5399-5404, and Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1994, 472, 113-118; compound N was made by the procedure described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,096,867; and compound O was prepared by following a literature procedure (Ferdinand R. W. P. Wild, et al., Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1985, 288, 63-67).
EXAMPLES 13-17 COMPARATIVE EXAMPLES F-G
A 600 mL Parr® reactor was heated up under vacuum and then allowed to cool under nitrogen. In a drybox, to a Hoke® cylinder was added 5 mL toluene and a certain amount of PMAO-IP (13.5 wt. % toluene solution) as shown in Table 1. To a 20 mL vial was added the ethylene (co)polymerization catalyst and 2 mL toluene. The solution was then pipette transferred to a 300 mL RB flask, followed by addition of 150 mL 2,2,4-trimethyl pentane. If catalyst A was used, its toluene suspension was syringe transferred to tire flask. The flask was capped with a rubber septa. Both the Hoke® cylinder and the flask were brought out of the drybox. Under nitrogen protection, the transition metal compound solution was cannulated to the reactor. The reactor was pressurized with nitrogen and then the nitrogen was released. The reactor was heated to 70° C., then, pressurized 2× to 690 kPa ethylene, venting each time and finally pressurized to 970 kPa with stirring. The MAO solution was added from the Hoke® cylinder at slightly higher pressure. The ethylene pressure of the reactor was then adjusted to the desired pressure (Table 1). The reaction mixture was allowed to stir for certain period of time (Table 1). The heating source was removed. Ethylene was vented to about 210 kPa. The reactor was back filled with 1.4 MPa nitrogen and was then vented to 210 kPa. This was repeated once. The reaction mixture was then cooled to RT (room temperature). The reaction mixture was then slowly soured into 400 mL methanol, followed by addition of 6 ml conc. HCl. Upon stirring at RT for 25 min, polymer was filtered, washed with methanol six times and dried in vacuo.
EXAMPLES 18-76 EXCEPT EXAMPLES 22 AND 23 COMPARATIVE EXAMPLES H-N
General Procedure for making silica supported catalysts:
In a drybox, one of transition metal compounds (but not A), and compound A (0.1 wt. % in biphenyl) and silica supported MAO (18 wt. % in Al, Albermarle) were mixed with 15 mL of toluene in a 20 mL vial. The vial was shaken for 45 minutes at RT. The solid was filtered, washed with 3×5 mL toluene and dried in vacuo for 1 hour. It was then stored in a freezer in the drybox and was used the same day.
General procedure for gas phase ethylene polymerization by the supported catalysts using a Harper Block Reactor: In a drybox, supported catalysts (5.0 mg or 2.0 mg each, except Example 20 where 15.0 mg was used) were weighed in GC vials. They were placed in a Harper Block Reactor. The reactor was brought out of the drybox and was charged with 1.21 MPa of ethylene. It was then placed in a 90° C. oil bath for 1 h under 1.12 MPa of ethylene. The reactor temperature reached 85° C. after 23 minutes and 87° C. after 35 min. The temperature stayed at 87° C. for the rest of the reaction. (Time, temperature and pressure for Examples in Tables 7-9, as noted.) Ethylene was vented. Polymers were weighed and then submitted for 1H NMR analysis (TCE-d2, 120° C.) without purification. Details of these polymerizations are given in Table 2-9.
In Table (10, the branching distribution [in branches per 1,000 methylene (CH2) groups] of the product polymers of selected examples are given. They were determined by 13C NMR (TCB, 120° C.). Methods For measuring the branching distribution are found in World patent Application 96/23010.
In all the Tables, where provided, branching levels in the polymers, Me/1000CCH2 groups, methyl groups pear 1000 methylene groups in the polymer, are measured by the method described in World Patent Application 96/23010. In the Tables PE is polyethylene, TON is moles of ethylene polymerized/mole of polymerization catalysts (total of transition metal compounds present)/h, Mn is number average molecular weight, PDI is Mw/Mn where Mw is weight average molecular weight, and P is ethylene pressure. The PMAO-IP used was 13.5 wt. % in toluene. The amount of residual α-olefin in the polymer was estimated by 1H NMR, by measurement of the vinylic proton signals of the α-olefin.
TABLE 1
Catalyst,
amount Catalyst A
Ex. (×10−6 (×10−6 PC2H4 Time MMAO PE yield #Me Per m.p. Density (IR)
No. mole) mole) MPa T (° C.) (min.) (mL) (g) 1000 CH2 (° C) Mn/PDI (g/cm3)
F B, 8.1 0 1.21  70-100 35 4.2 15.0 1 134 43,700/2.2 0.952
13 B, 8.1 0.26 1.31 81-96 25 4.2 24.0 17 116, 103 32,400/2.2 0.914
G C, 2.2 0 1.1 90 30 1.2 11.0 4 132  11,700/19.7 0.940
14 C, 9.5 0.06 1.31 109-126 30 4.8 31.2 8 133 125,000/2.7  0.937
15 C, 9.5 0.13 1.34  80-120 36 4.8 30.0 11 119 68,400/2.5 0.922
16 C, 4.6 0.26 1.3 71-96 25 2.4 10.3 45 121, 56  94,000/2.3 0.895
   261/2.8*
17 C, 3.0 2.3 1.41 100-116 43 1.5 16.6 52 117, 98  65,000/2.1 0.922
84    214/3.4*
*Bimodal distribution due to α-olefins
TABLE 2
Catalyst PE
Ex. and amount Catalyst A Al:M:Fe ratio yield Tm
No. (×10−6 mole) (×10−6 mole) M = Zr, Ti or Fe (g) #Me/1000 CH2 (° C.) Mn/PDI TON
H B, 0.033 0 1000:1:0   0.195 5 127 24,039/5.2 210,000
I C, 0.033 0 1000:1:0   0.075 4 126 125,451/2.1   82,000
18 B, 0.033 0.001 1000:1:0.03 0.485 15 120 48,213/4.1 500,000
19 B, 0.033 0.0033 1000:1:0.1  0.159 62 125  1,916/24.0 150,000
20 C, 0.099 0.0030 1000:1:0.03 0.200 35 113 63,534/2.7  70,000
21 D, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.228 4 133  2,150/26.2 240,000
TABLE 3
Catalyst and Catalyst A Al:M:Fe ratio PE #Me/
Ex. amount (×10−6 M = yield 1000
No. (×10−6 mole) mole) Zr, Ti or Fe (g) CH2 TON
J H, 0.033 0 1000:1:0 0.421 2 460,000
K I, 0.033 0 1000:1:0 0.135 4 150,000
L G, 0.033 0 1000:1:0 0.420 2 460,000
M K, 0.033 0 1000:1:0 0.091 3  99,000
N R, 0.033 0 1000:1:0 0.203 2 220,000
TABLE 4
Catalyst PE α-olefins
Ex. and amount Catalyst A Al:M:Fe ratio yield #Me/ Tm left in
No. (×10−6 mole) (×10−6 mole) M = Zr, Ti or Fe (g) 1000 CH2 (° C.) Mn/PDI TON polymer
24 F, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.073 66 120    213/18.5  76,000 significant
25 G, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.503 13 122, 115 41,525/4.7 520,000 almost none
26 H, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.752 9 120, 115 54,825/4.7 780,000 almost none
27 I, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.562 31 119 72,982/3.2 580,000 almost none
28 J, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.032 54   895/5.6  33,000 small amount
29 K, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.240 16 123  1,124/16.5 250,000 small amount
30 L, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.112 75 116, 102 116,000 significant
31 M, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.092 61 119  96,000 significant
32 N, 0,033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.068 75 124    485/18.3  71,000 small amount
33 O, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.024 15  25,000 almost none
34 P, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.019 12  20,000 small amount
35 Q, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.082 40  85,000 significant
36 2, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.157 7 160,000
37 R, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.416 10 122 37,993/7.3 450,000 almost none
38 S, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.056 59  58,000 significant
39 T, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.023 73  24,000 significant
40 U, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.102 69 110,000 significant
41 V, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.059 78  61,000 significant
TABLE 5*
Catalyst PE α-olefins
Ex. and amount Catalyst A Al:M:Fe ratio yield #Me/ left in
No. (×10−6 mole) (×10−6 mole) M = Zr, Ti or Fe (g) 1000 CH2 Mn/PDI TON polymer
42 D, 0.033 0.0033 1000:1:0.10 0.481 8 3,346/48.6 360,000 significant
43 D, 0.033 0.0082 1000:1:0.25 0.534 14   402/156.0 350,000 significant
44 D, 0.033 0.016 1000:1:0.50 0.566 20   800/103.0 310,000 significant
*Reaction time here is 80 minutes
TABLE 6
Catalyst and PE
Ex. amount Catalyst A Al:M:Fe ratio yield #Me/ Tm Density
No. (×10−6 mole) (×10−6 mole) M = Zr, Ti or Fe (g) 1000 CH2 (° C.) Mn/PDI TON (g/cm3)
45 H, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.772  6 124 43,791/6.0 800,000 0.930
46 H, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.367  8 124 82,151/3.7 950,000
47 I, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.566 38 114 70,462/4.0 590,000 0.909
48 I, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.226 32 590,000
49 B, 0.033 0.0010 1000:1:0.03 0.442  8 127 52,673/4.9 460,000 0.928
50 B, 0.033 0.0010 1000:1:0.03 0.563 17 120 52,350/4.9 600,000
51 B, 0.013 0.0004 1000:1:0.03 0.134 16 350,000
52 H, 0.033 0.0010 1000:1:0.03 0.699 740,000
53 N, 0.013 0.0004 1000:1:0.03 0.362  6 124 55,102/5.0 960,000
54 I, 0.033 0.0010 1000:1:0.03 0.376 15 118 98,599/4.0 400,000
55 G, 0.033 0.0010 1000:1:0.03 0.665  5 124 38,693/6.0 700,000
TABLE 7*
Catalyst PE
Ex. and amount Catalyst A Al:M:Fe ratio yield #Me/ Tm
No. (×10−6 mole) (×10−6 mole) M = Zr, Ti or Fe (g) 1000 CH2 (° C.) Mn/PDI TON
56 B, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.740 22 118, 101  54,573/4.0 380,000
57 B, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.206 24 270,000
58 H, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 1.158 7 121  92,063/4.9 600,000
59 H, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.651 12 850,000
60 I, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.439 24 102 102,798/3.8 230,000
61 I, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0,05 0.390 25 510,000
62 G, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.871 9 121  45,311/4.7 450,000
*Two h at 70° C. and 2.4 MPa ethylene pressure.
TABLE 8*
Catalyst and PE
Ex. amount Catalyst A Al:M:Fe ratio yield
No. (×10−6 mole) (×10−6 mole) M = Zr, Ti or Fe (g) TON
63 B, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.143 370,000
64 B, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.115 300,000
65 H, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.305 790,000
66 H, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.215 560,000
67 I, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.093 240,000
68 I, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0,05 0.108 280,000
69 G, 0.013 0.0007 1000:1:0.05 0.349 900,000
One h at 90° C. at 2.4 MPa ethylene pressure.
TABLE 9*
Catalyst PE
Ex. and amount Catalyst A Al:M:Fe ratio yield #Me/
No. (×10−6 mole) (×10−6 mole) M = Zr, Ti or Fe (g) 1000 CH2 Mn/PDI TON
70 B, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.534 37 42,448/3.4 280,000
71 B, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.489 45 250,000
72 H, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.969 17 77,142/4.8 500,000
73 H, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1.0.05 1.027 11 530,000
74 I, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.442 34 96,383/4.2 230,000
75 I, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.466 32 240,000
76 G, 0.033 0.0017 1000:1:0.05 0.710 8 39,693/4.9 370,000
*Two h at 60° C., 2.4 MPa ethylene pressure
TABLE 10
Ex. No. Total Me Me Et Pr Bu Am Hex and higher
15 10.5 0 4.6 0 2.4 0 4.3
13 16 0 6.5 0 3.2 0 6.5
26 6.9 0 2.9 0 0.4 0 2.5
47 23 0 8.6 0 4.7 0 10.7
49 8.1 0 3.6 0 1.3 0 3.1
EXAMPLE 22
In a drybox, 1.7 mg Compound E and 1.0 mg Compound A were mixed with 40 mL toluene in-a Schlenk flask. This was brought out of the drybox and was purged with ethylene for 15 min at 0° C. MAO toluene solution (0.64 mL 13.5 wt %) was injected. The mixture was allowed to stir under 0 kPa ethylene at 0° C. for 12 min. Methanol (100 mL) was injected, followed by 1 mL conc. HCl. Upon stirring for 25 min at RT, the whine solid was filtered, washed with 6×20 mL methanol and dried in vacuo. White solid (2.9 g) was obtained. 1HNMR in TCE-d2 at 120° C.: 44 Me/1000CH2. The polymer contained a significant amount of α-olefins.
EXAMPLE 23
In a drybox, 30.5 mg of Compound A was mixed with 30.5 g biphenyl in a 100 mL Pyrex® glass bottle. This was stirred in a 100° C. bath for 25 minutes, during which time Compound A dissolved in biphenyl to form a deep green solution. The solution was allowed to cool down to become solid. A 0.1 wt % Compound A/biphenyl homogeneous mixture was obtained.
EXAMPLE 77
A 600 mL Parr® reactor was heated up under vacuum and then allowed to cool under nitrogen. In a drybox, to a 300 mL RB flask was added 150 mL 2,2,4-trimethylpentane. The flask was capped with a rubber septum. The flask was brought out of the drybox. Under nitrogen protection, the 2,2,4-trimethylpentane solvent was cannulated into the reactor. The reactor was pressured up with nitrogen and then nitrogen was released. This was repeated one more time. The reactor was heated to 70° C. Then in a drybox, 160 mg supported catalyst (made by following the general procedure of preparing silica supported catalysts, it contained 0.0011 mmol of compound B, 0.000057 mmol compound A and 1.1 mole of MAO) was mixed with 4 ml cyclohexane and was transferred to a 5 mL gas tight syringe with long needle. This was brought out of the drybox and was injected into the reactor under nitrogen protection (positive nitrogen pressure). The reactor was pressured up with 1.2 MPa of nitrogen, then released to 14 kPa. This was repeated one more time. Under stirring, the reactor was pressured up smith ethylene to 1.2 MPa. The reaction mixture was allowed to stir at between 70° C. to 97° C. for 60 min. Heating source was removed. Ethylene was vented to about 210 kPa. The reactor was back filled with 1.4 MPa nitrogen and was released to 140 kPa. This was repeated twice. The solution was poured into 300 mL methanol. The polymer was filtered, washed with 6×50 mL methanol and dried in vacuo. White polymer (19.7 g) was obtained. 1HNMR in TCE-d2 at 120° C.: 34Me/1000CH2. Mw=98,991; Mn=35,416 (PDI2.8) Density: 0.902 g/cm3. Melt Index: 1.03 (190° C.). 13CNMR(120° C., TCE-d2): Total Me was 29.4 (Me=0; Et=10.8; Pr=0.0; Bu=6.0 ; Hex and higher=11.7).

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1. A polymerization catalyst component, comprising:
(a) a first active polymerization catalyst for ethylene which is a Fe or Co complex of a ligand of the formula:
Figure US07906451-20110315-C00039
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R1, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, or an inert functional group;
R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, an inert functional group or substituted hydrocarbyl; and
R6 and R7 are aryl or substituted aryl;
(b) a second active polymerization catalyst for one or more olefins which contains one or more transition metals and wherein said second polymerization catalyst copolymerizes ethylene and an oligomer of the formula R60CH═CH2; and
(c) a catalyst support;
provided that said first polymerization catalyst produces said oligomer of the formula R60CH═CH2 from ethylene, wherein R60 is n-alkyl containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and provided that said second polymerization catalyst produces a polymer with an average degree of polymerization of at least about 50.
2. The polymerization catalyst component as recited in claim 1 wherein said second active polymerization catalyst is a Ziegler-Natta or a metallocene polymerization catalyst.
3. The polymerization catalyst component as recited in claim 1 wherein said support is alumina, silica or a polyolefin.
4. The polymerization catalyst component as recited in claim 1 wherein a polymerization catalyst activator for one or both of (a) and (b) is present and is an alkylaluminum compound.
5. The polymerization catalyst component as recited in claim 1 wherein said second active polymerization catalyst is a transition metal complex of a bis(carboximidamidatonate).
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